| Time, Reuters, New York Times web sites post 2005 pictures of the year slideshows |
| The web sites of Time, Reuters, and The New York Times have posted slideshow compilations of news photos from 2005. |
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| Season's Greetings |
| Season's Greetings from Rob Galbraith Digital Photography Insights! |
| December 24, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| MSNBC.com posts Pictures of the Year 2005 |
| MSNBC.com has posted Pictures of the Year 2005, a compilation of some of the best newspaper and wire service photos of the last 12 months. |
| December 23, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Public beta of Photo Mechanic 4.4.1 available for testing |
| Camera Bits today has released a public beta version of Photo Mechanic v4.4.1 for Windows and Mac. |
| December 22, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| DigitalPro 4 for Windows announced |
| Pro Shooters LLC has announced the availability of DigitalPro 4 for Windows in both Standard and Professional editions. DigitalPro is a digital image management and workflow application designed to handle a range of tasks, including downloading, organizing, reviewing, cataloging, and publishing digital pictures. |
| December 22, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Zeiss "ZF" announcement planned for January 18 |
| Earlier this week, Digital Photography Review published a story highlighting the fact that the camera/cine lens section of the Carl Zeiss web site was touting an upcoming product announcement for "Millions of SLR Photographers." About that time, the Zeiss web site changed to reveal a product name for the upcoming announcement: "ZF." Simultaneous with the Zeiss site update, enterprising web detectives unearthed not-yet-published graphics on the Zeiss server that strongly suggest the company is developing or adapting lenses for Nikon's F-mount. Now, a message we received from a Zeiss representative today says that the ZF "teaser campaign" running on the Zeiss web site will continue through until the date when all will be revealed: January 18, 2006. |
| December 22, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Apple releases Aperture v1.0.1 |
| Apple today has released an updater for Aperture that brings the program to v1.0.1. UPDATE, DECEMBER 23: We've added more detail about what the updater changes in Apple's pro photo workflow application. |
| December 21, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| December, 2005 issue of The Digital Journalist published |
| The December, 2005 issue of THE DIGITAL JOURNALIST has been published with articles on photojournalists working in Iraq and covering natural disasters in the U.S. and Brazil, among many others. |
| December 21, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Creativepro.com posts Aperture review |
| CREATIVEPRO.COM has published a fairly extensive review of Apple's Aperture.
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| December 21, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Canon updates firmware for EOS 5D, EOS-1D Mark II N |
| Canon today has released updated firmware for it newest digital SLR cameras. Firmware version 1.0.3 for the EOS 5D, and v1.0.2 for the EOS-1D Mark II N, incorporates improvements in LCD brightness for easier outdoor viewing and fixes several operational bugs. |
| December 20, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Mamiya posts ZD sample photos |
| Mamiya Japan has posted nine high-resolution sample JPEG images from the 22-megapixel Mamiya ZD, three images each in the categories of portrait, still-life, and nature. |
| December 19, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Update for RAW Image Thumbnailer and Viewer now available |
| Microsoft yesterday released the latest version of the RAW Image Thumbnailer and Viewer for Windows XP. The combination of shell extension and viewing application adds support for the display of a range of Canon and Nikon digital SLR RAW files to the operating system. New in v1.0 Build 50 is support for newer camera models, improved performance, a fix for the locked file problem of earlier releases as well as an option to convert a RAW file to a JPEG or TIFF. The software is a free download from Microsoft's web site. |
| December 17, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| GretagMacbeth ProfileMaker 5.0.5b fixes communication bug |
| Version 5.0.5b of ProfileMaker for Windows and Mac fixes a bug in the recently-released v5.0.5 that impacts communication with the Eye-One Pro spectrophotometer when used in conjunction with the Eye-One iO scanning table. |
| December 16, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Bill Atkinson updates free profile, profile target downloads |
| Nature photographer and fine-art printer Bill Atkinson - better known to early computer geeks as one of the creators of the Macintosh computer - has updated his collection of free profiles for newer Epson wide format printers. Over the past several weeks, Atkinson has been assembling on his web site profiles for use with the Epson Stylus Pro 4800, 7800 and 9800 wide format inkjets. He has taken the measurement data from a custom 4096-patch RGB target and generated 48 separate profiles for Premium Luster and Premium Semimatte, and 32 for Premium Glossy. Each profile is comprised of a particular combination of printer driver settings and gamut mapping for the perceptual rendering intent, owing to his use of five different programs to generate the profiles. The different gamut mappings, says Atkinson, provide for a "bouquet" of conversion options for users of these printers, and a unique opportunity to find the optimum gamut mapping for the type of photo being printed. |
| December 16, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Nikon posts comprehensive "Digitutor" on D200 |
| Nikon today has added the D200 to the products featured on its Digitutor web site. The D200 section is produced entirely in Flash format and includes extensive detail about the operation of the new model's buttons, dials and menus, photos taken with the camera (web-resolution only) and a feature highlights movie. |
| December 15, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Nikon D200 available starting tomorrow in the U.S. |
| The Nikon D200 has left the building. The 10.04 million image pixel digital SLR has already begun to ship from Nikon USA warehouses to dealers, says Nikon USA Senior Technical Manager Steve Heiner. Any Nikon retailer in the U.S. that has the camera in hand can officially begin to sell it starting tomorrow. |
| December 14, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Slideshow of early Kodachrome photos on New York Times web site |
| On the web site of THE NEW YORK TIMES is a 2004 slideshow of very early color photographs taken from a photo book called Bound For Glory. The images, which provide an unusual color glimpse of an era we're used to visualizing in black-and-white, were taken on the then-new Kodachrome in the late 1930's and early 1940's. |
| December 14, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Nikon Capture 4.4 adds D200 NEF support, improves highlight recovery |
| Nikon this morning has posted Nikon Capture 4.4 for Windows and Mac. The primary change in the new release is support for NEFs taken with the D200. The release notes also indicate an improvement in highlight detail when applying negative exposure compensation, a new black and white option in the Color Mode menu and other unspecified feature additions and feature tweaks. |
| December 14, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Epson launches printing seminar for working pros |
| Epson is kicking off a digital printing seminar series aimed at pro shooters starting in January in the USA. The one-day course will feature John Paul Caponigro, Bruce Fraser, Greg Gorman, Mac Holbert and Jeff Schewe as speakers. |
| December 13, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Digital Outback Photo posts Part 1 of Aperture review |
| DIGITAL OUTBACK PHOTO has published Part 1 of a two-part review of Apple's Aperture. |
| December 13, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Capture One 3.7.3 released |
| PRO, DB and LE versions of Capture One 3.7.3 for Windows and Mac are now available for download from the Phase One web site. |
| December 12, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Phase One ships 39MP P45 digital back |
| Phase One today issued a press release stating that they're now shipping the 39.05 million image pixel P45 digital back. The P45 - which the company claims is the only shipping digital back with this resolution of image sensor - is compatible with various medium format models from Contax, Mamiya and Hasselblad, as well as a range of 4x5 cameras. |
| December 12, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| First shipment of Nikon D200 to dealers in Canada delayed |
| Nikon Canada has delayed slightly the departure date for the first shipment of the D200 to dealers in Canada. That was originally planned for December 15 to coincide with the worldwide ship date of the camera. The release of Nikon's newest digital SLR, says Mary Mulder, National Sales Manager for Nikon Canada, has been pushed back about a week, such that dealers can expect to see stock sometime towards the end of the week of December 19 at the earliest. |
| December 12, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Kodak posts 2005 v7 issue of ProPass magazine |
| Kodak Professional has posted the 2005 v7 issue of its online ProPass magazine. Articles include profiles of wedding and commercial photographers, as well as pieces discussing Kodak printing papers and films. |
| December 12, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Sinar announces availability of complete Sinar M system |
| Sinar Switzerland has has issued a press release saying that the previously announced Sinar M system is "now complete" and available for purchase. The Sinar M is a modular camera system comprising a shutter unit and exchangeable prism modules. It allows the use of any Sinar digital back (currently available in resolutions up to 22-megapixels) with a Sinar P3 view camera or, using the prism modules, with Hasselblad or Nikon lenses in an SLR configuration. |
| December 12, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Photographer releases metadata syncing utility for Aperture |
| Photographer Adam Tow has released Annoture 0.9, a Mac-only application for syncing IPTC data between an iView MediaPro catalog and an Apple Aperture Library. The US$15 software is available for download from Tow's web site. |
| December 9, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Creativepro reviews Epson Stylus Photo R2400 |
| Creativepro.com recently published a review of the Epson Stylus Photo R2400 printer, a 13 x 19-inch inkjet that uses Epson's UltraChrome K3 inkset. |
| December 9, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| GretagMacbeth Eye-One Match 3.4 now available for download |
| GretagMacbeth has released Eye-One Match 3.4 for Windows and Mac. The new version adds support for the Eye-One iO scanning table, enables the selection of a specific Eye-One device to use with a given Match module when multiple Eye-One devices are connected, adds finer adjustment increments in the profile editing module and fixes minor bugs. |
| December 9, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Nikon View 6.2.7 adds D200 NEF support |
| Nikon View 6.2.7, released earlier this week, adds support for the viewing of D200 NEF files in both the Mac and Windows versions of the browser software. In addition, the effect of the Color Aberration Control introduced in Capture v4.3 is also now reflected when photos are displayed. And in the Mac version of Nikon View only, the colour management preferences have been revamped. |
| December 8, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| GretagMacbeth announces ProfileMaker Publish Plus, Photostudio one day sale |
| GretagMacbeth has informed its network of retailers that two of the packages within the ProfileMaker family - Publish Plus and Photostudio - can be sold at 50% off the manufacturer's suggested list price (MSRP) in separate one-day sales this month. |
| December 6, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Aperture a hot topic around the Web |
| Apple's recently-released Aperture software for professional photographers is generating an intense amount of discussion around the Internet. We've assembled a collection of links to some of the many Aperture hot spots on the web right now, for those who just can't get enough information about this new product. |
| December 5, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| ICC launches redesigned web site |
| The International Color Consortium has redesigned its web site to make the information it contains easier to access and use. Much of the site is aimed at color management product developers, but its collection of white papers includes several designed to help photographers understand and implement a color managed workflow.
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| December 5, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| iView MediaPro 3.0.1 released |
| iView Multimedia today has released MediaPro 3.0.1, an updated version of the popular image cataloger for Windows and Mac. |
| December 2, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Nikon D200 on track to ship December 15 |
| The D200 is on track to ship on its planned worldwide release date of December 15, 2005, says Mary Mulder, National Sales Manager at Nikon Canada. |
| December 2, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| GretagMacbeth ProfileMaker 5.0.5 coming available |
| GretagMacbeth is rolling out ProfileMaker 5.0.5 to its server now, with both the English and Japanese versions for Windows already available for download. The new version of the company's flagship profile creation and editing software tweaks the colour profiling engine for promised smoother colour transitions and better overall profile quality owing to revamped perceptual and colorimetric gamut mappings. The update is free to registered users of a previous 5.0.x release. |
| December 2, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| ProfileMaker 5.0.5 to be released December 2 |
| GretagMacbeth has set Friday, December 2, 2005 as the date of release for the next update of applications in the company's ProfileMaker line of colour management software. The main changes in ProfileMaker 5.0.5 are improved profile quality and support for the Eye-One iO automated scanning table (which itself is poised to ship). |
| December 1, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| Magnum and Slate partner to showcase photojournalism |
| The online general interest magazine, Slate, has launched a new feature called "Today's Pictures" to showcase photojournalism from the Magnum photo agency. The feature will have two components. The first is a daily gallery of images taken from Magnum's archives that shed light on historical anniversaries, relate to recent news events, or are considered "beautiful, meaningful, or urgent" by Slate and Magnum editors. The second component comprises "interactive" photo essays from long-term documentary projects by Magnum photographers. Two of these will be published every month. |
| December 1, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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| 2006 World Press Photo Contest open for entries |
| The 2006 World Press Photo Contest is open for entries. The submission deadline is January 12, 2006. The contest is open to professional photographers only, and there is no entry fee. |
| December 1, 2005 | FULL STORY |
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